Hi, if you don't start batman with debug mode enabled it forks into the background. All error messages are logged to syslog. I guess that something is wrong with your setup and batman complains about that before exiting. So, check your logs or use a debug level to find out. Good luck, Marek

Hi, just to be sure: you must start it with: #./batmand ath0 On Wednesday 06 June 2007 11:59, David Murray wrote: > Hi > > I have setup a testbed to try out the batman routing protocol and > hopefully learn a little about it. I have installed it on 4 machines > and they all seem ok but when I try to run batman with: > > > I simply get another command line #. Then when I try a: > > #ps -e > > I cannot see batman running as a process anywhere. Is there something > that I am missing? > > My systems are all: Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6.8-3) > P3 800 with 256 Mb RAM > > I am using the latest release of Batman: > B.A.T.M.A.N. III 0.2.0 rc2 (compability version 3) > > Thanks > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > B.A.T.M.A.N mailing list > B.A.T.M.A.N(a)open-mesh.net > https://list.open-mesh.net/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n